Multimedia Technology Course Outline

To receive a certificate in Multimedia Technology you must complete all core subjects and elective subjects with an average grade of "C" or better. For your convenience each module outline is listed below. This outline focus which class you need to take to get certified and what curriculum and skill level you will learn during the session. In addition the outline describes each module, duration, credit units & skill sets needed for career success!

Multimedia Technology Core Subjects

1.

Module #:

GEN - 121

Module Name:

Graphics Design

Duration:

40 hrs. (5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Use a Web/Print Graphics Editor. Exploring the panel sets; RGB vs. CMYK color; Graphic Export Formats; Alternate Commands and Shortcuts for the PC and Mac; Identify the differences between raster and vector graphics; Editing Standard Shapes; Drawing Shapes; Adjusting Shape Properties; Editing Text; Changing Text Attributes; Text Formatting; Creating Custom Colors; Hue Saturation and Luminosity; Using the Alignment Tools; Using the Font Dialog Box; Select appropriate resolutions for different image and output types, and resize and crop image areas; Select image areas using the Lasso, Marquee, and Magic Wand tools, and use alpha channels to save and load selections; Floating vs. Fixed Selections; Undoing Previous Steps; Copying Selections; Creating Layers; Transforming Layers; Copying Layers Between Images; Saving Images; Arranging Layers.

2.

Module #:

GEN - 122

Module Name:

Digital Layout & Illustration

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Drawing Tools; Editing Paths; Using Rulers; Creating Objects; Editing Objects; Fill and Stroke Attributes; Applying Color; Creating Colors; Gradients; Using Brushes; Transparency; Controlling Stacking Order; Organizing Objects in Layers; Controlling Layers; Working with Type; Creating Type; Type within an Area; Copying Type; Formatting with the Eyedropper Tool; Type on a Path; Type Objects; Creating Outlines; Creating Output; Printing; Save for Web; Advanced Drawing Tools; Advanced Path Editing; Splitting Paths; Duplicating Paths; Simplifying Paths; Aligning Objects; Nesting Layers; Gradient Mesh; Blends.

3.

Module #:

GEN - 123

Module Name:

Web Page Design Technologies

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Explores a WYSIWYG Web Editor; The FrontPage Work Environment; Using the Views; The Reports, Navigation & Tasks Views; Workspace Tabs and Status Bar; Applying a Theme to a Web Site; Changing Theme Attributes, Using the Web Wizard; The Secure Socket Layer Option; Selecting Web Pages; Setting Up Product Pages; The Under Construction Option; Entering Company Information; Managing the Site. Editing Standard Components; Image Types; Adding Images to a Web Page; Referring to Graphics; Adjusting Image Properties; Adding FrontPage Clip Art; The Search for Clips List Box; Using Clip Art Properties; Importing Clip Art, Editing Text; Changing Text Attributes; Text Formatting; Creating Custom Colors; Hue Saturation and Luminosity; Using the Alignment Tools; Using the Font Dialog Box; Creating a New Page; Adding a Bulleted List; Changing Bullet Appearance; Organizing in the Navigation View; Adding Pages in the Navigation View; Removing Pages; Printing the Navigation Structure, Opening and Editing Web Pages; Renaming a Page Title; Editing the Background; Editing Margins and Variables; Language and Workgroups; Using Page Options; Setting the Default Font; Setting Compatibility.

4.

Module #:

GEN - 124

Module Name:

Multimedia Presentation Audio & Video

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

explores creating a Presentation Using a Template; Presentation Components; Exploring the Workspace; The Navigation Bar; Modifying a Presentation; Inserting a Header or Footer; The Footer The AutoContent Wizard; Presentation Options; Deleting an Item; Demoting an Item; Saving a Presentation; Opening a Presentation; Promoting an Item; Collapse All; Editing Text; The Font Button; The Slide Master; The Colors Dialog Box; Modifying the Sequence of Slides, Adding Pictures; Scaling an Image; Inserting a Chart; Building a Chart; Adding Transition Effects; Previewing Transitions; Adding Sound; Title Animation; Using Spell Check Changing Chart Types; Editing a Chart; Changing the Background; Setting up Slide Shows; Rehearsal Timings; Speaker Notes, What You Will Learn; Opening; The Components of the Window; Add a Table from Word; Entering Data into Tables; Format a Table from Word; Import Text from Word; Create Tables within; Entering Data in a Table; Modify Tables; Add Auto Numbered Bullets; Formatting Bullets; Add Graphical Bullets.

5.

Module #:

GEN - 125

Module Name:

Visual communications With Digital Video

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Project Window; Using the Timeline Window; Using the Monitor Window; Using Palettes; Organizing a Project; Using Bins; Basic Editing; Creating a New Project; Setting the Timebase and Frame Rate; Specifying Video Settings; Adding Clips to a Project; Importing Clips; Organizing Audio and Video Clips; Adding Clips to the Timeline; Trimming Clips in the Clip Window; Trimming Clips in the Timeline; Trimming Clips in the Source View; Adding Transitions; Adding Transitions to the Program; Transition Settings; Changing Transition Settings; Generating a Preview; Previewing the Project; Combining Still Frames and Transitions; Creating Still Frames; Creating a Bin from a Folder; Creating a Still Image Sequence; Arranging Clips for Transition Effects; Adding Transitions to the Still Image Sequence; Audio Adjustments; Editing Audio; Editing Audio Clips; Adjusting Gain; Creating Fades; Creating a Cross Fade; Duplicating Left and Right; Advanced Audio Editing; Targeting Clips; Taking the Audio Portion of a Video Clip; Three-Point Editing; Using a Three-Point Edit; Rolling and Ripple Edits; Using a Rolling Edit; Performing a Ripple Edit; Four-Point Editing; Performing a Four Point Edit; Slip and Slide; Performing Slip and Slide Edits; Using Multiple Video Tracks; Adding Video to a Second Track; Using the Lift Button; Adjusting the Audio Clip Volume; Creating Static Titles; Creating Basic Titles; Adding the Title Text; Placing a Title in the Project; Rolling Titles; Creating Rolling Titles; Trimming in the Source View; Using the Zoom Transition with Rolling Text; Building the Final Sequence.

6.

Module #:

GEN - 126

Module Name:

Two-Dimensional Animation

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Drawing and Painting; Vector vs. Raster Graphics; Basic Drawing and Painting Tools; Creating Custom Colors, Gradients, and Line Styles; Manipulating Objects; Selecting Objects; Object Interaction; Transforming and Grouping Objects; Bitmap Images; Working with Text; Text Blocks; Converting Text into Shapes; Creating and Managing Multiple Layers; Mask Layers; Aligning Objects; Frame-by-Frame Animation; Shape-Tween Animation; Motion-Tween Animation; Guide Layers; Mask Animations; Selecting Your Publishing Settings; Previewing and Publishing Files; What is a Symbol; Graphic Symbols; Movie Clip Symbols; Button Symbols; Managing Symbols and Instances; Scenes; Frame Labels; Basic Playback Control; Creating Advanced Navigation Controls; Working with Sound; Importing Sounds; Event vs. Streaming Sounds; Evaluating Download Performance; Optimization Factors; Exporting and Publishing Movies.

7.

Module #:

GEN - 127

Module Name:

3-D Modeling, Animation

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Project Window; Using the Timeline Window; Using the Monitor Window; Using Palettes; Organizing a Project; The Viewports; The Command Panels; The Menu Bar and Main Toolbar; l Identifying and Creating Primitives; Identifying and Creating Splines; Using the Viewports; Selecting Objects; Transforming Objects; Transform Concepts; Working with Transforms; Transform Options; Other Object Transformations.; Types of Modifiers; The Modifier Stack; Modifying Sub-Objects; Lights, Cameras...Action!; The Material Editor; Basic Animation; Basic Rendering; Modeling Types; Modeling Units and Concepts; Key Environment and Navigation Features; Polygonal/Mesh Modeling; Converting to Editable Mesh; Polygonal Sub-objects; Extruding, Beveling, and Chamfering; Modeling With Splines and Modifiers; Creating and Editing Splines; Extruding and Lathing When Modeling With Splines; Applying Other Modifiers to Spline-based Models; Modeling Cross-sections and Spline Cages; Using Boolean; Lofting; Using ShapeMerge; Patch Grids; Patch Sub-objects; Subdividing and Binding; NURBS Curves and Surfaces; NURBS Parameters and the NURBS Creation Toolbox; Lofting NURBS Curves; Editing NURBS Surfaces and Surface Curve CVs; Projecting NURBS Curves.

8.

Module #:

GEN - 128

Module Name:

Interactive Media

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Explores using the Project Window; Using the Timeline Window; Using the Monitor Window; Using Palettes; Organizing a Project; The Command Panels; The Menu Bar and Main Toolbar; Identifying and Creating Primitives; Selecting Objects; Transforming Objects; Transform Concepts; Creating a New Movie; Creating a Cast; Creating the Movie; Storyboarding; Choosing Movie Properties; Media Types; Creating Casts; Working with Sprites; Controlling Playback; Tempo; Transitions; Markers; Scripts, Behaviors, and the Behavior Library; Looping and Synchronizing Music; Animating Sprites; Types of Animation; Video Cast Members; Tweening; Multiple Cast Members In One Sprite; Outputting Movies; Create Shockwave Movies; Creating Projectors.

9.

Module #:

GEN - 129

Module Name:

Computer Aided Design for Printing

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Explores navigating Basic Documents; Picas Measurement System; Document Setup; Creating Text; Working With Graphics; Master Pages; Creating Masters; Applying Masters; Importing and Threading Text; Importing Text; Threading Text; Changing Text Threads; Colors, Swatches, and Gradients; Colors and Swatches; Gradients; Applying Fills and Strokes to Frames and Type; Formatting Type; Character Formatting; Paragraph Formatting; Styles; Text Inset Spacing; Graphics and Layout; Placing and Manipulating Graphics; Text Wrap; Layers; Transparency; Applying Transparency; Transparency Effects and Blending Modes; Printing With Transparency; Using Tables; Creating Tables; Formatting Tables; Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider; Commercial Printing Overview; Preflighting; Printing; Packaging Files; Creating Acrobat PDF Files; PDF Files for the Web; PDF Styles; PDF Files for Printing.

10.

Module #:

GEN - 130

Module Name:

E-Commerce Fundamentals and Practices

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

An overview of E-Commerce; Defining E-Commerce; History of the Internet and E-Commerce Dispelling E-Commerce Myths; Why E-Commerce?; The E-Commerce Domain; Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Supply Chain Management (SCM);E-Procurement; Knowledge Management; Facing Challenges in E-Commerce; Costs Involved in E-Commerce; Internet Transactions; Security Concerns; Staffing Concerns; The International Marketplace; Achieving Goals in E-Commerce; Planning Techniques for Implementing E-Commerce Solutions; Evaluating Risk in E-Commerce Planning; Measuring the Success of E-Commerce Initiatives; Internet Statistics: A Reference; Marketing Communications on the Web: A Reference; Marketing on the Internet: A Reference; E-Commerce: Hardware, Software, and Service Providers; Identifying Software Involved in E-Commerce; Identifying Hardware Involved in E-Commerce; Identifying Service Providers Involved in E-Commerce; Turning E-Commerce into E-Business; Spotting Trends; Designing E-Business: It's More than Technology; Building E-Business: It's All about Architecture; Integrating Customer Relationship Management Processes; Supporting Requirements for CRM Core Competencies; Meeting Organizational Challenges to CRM Implementation; Spotting Trends Related to CRM Infrastructure Implementation; Plotting a Course for Implementing the CRM Infrastructure; Integrating Selling-chain Management Processes; Defining Selling-chain Management.

Multimedia Technology Elective Subjects

1.

Module #:

GEN - 101

Module Name:

Word 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Creation of a document and the basics of entering text. The student will have used paragraph, list and page formatting. Setting up tables and tabs, editing the header and footer. Using the Auto Correct feature, Techniques for selecting text, moving and copying text. Creating a table, editing tables, and using proofing tools, printing, and saving the document as a web page.

2.

Module #:

GEN - 102

Module Name:

Excel 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Creating a New Workbook, Inserting Worksheets, Moving/Deleting Worksheets, Renaming a Worksheet, Working with Series (AutoFill), Editing Cell Content, Using Save/Save As, Modifying Alignment of Cell Content, Merging Cells, Applying Font Styles, Copying/Applying Formats. Arithmetic Operators, Entering Formulas in a Cell, Using Copy/Paste Commands, Using the Formula Bar, Using Excel Functions, Using the Formula Palette, Using AutoSum, Clearing Cell Content/Formatting, Using Undo/Redo, Copying a Worksheet. Checking Spelling, Examining Print Settings, Printing an Entire Workbook, Previewing a Worksheet, Setting Page Margins and Centering, Setting Up Headers/Footers, Setting/Clearing a Print Area.

3.

Module #:

GEN - 103

Module Name:

Access 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Planning a Database, Determining Table Structure, and Determining Table Relationships. Introducing an Access Window, Selecting an Object, Creating a Database, and Creating a Blank Database. Navigating Tables and Records, Using a Switchboard, Entering Records using a Data Sheet, Using a Form, Finding a Record, Apply and Remove Filters, Sorting Records, Deleting Records from a Table. Using the Table Wizard, Switching between Object Views, Using Multiple Data Types, Modifying Field Properties, Input Mask Wizard, Lookup Wizard, Setting Primary Keys. Learn how to use the Form Wizard, Form Views and Sections, Using Controls, Formatting Properties, Inserting Graphics

4.

Module #:

GEN - 104

Module Name:

PowerPoint 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Template usage, PowerPoint Components, Exploring the Workspace, The Navigation Bar, PowerPoint Views. Modifying a Presentation, Inserting a Header or Footer, The Footer. The AutoContent Wizard, Presentation Options, Deleting an Item, Demoting an Item, Saving a Presentation, Opening a Presentation, Promoting an Item, Collapse All, Editing Text, The Font Button, The Slide Master, The Colors Dialog Box, Modifying the Sequence of Slides. Adding Pictures, Scaling an Image, Inserting a Chart, Building a Chart, Adding Transition Effects, Previewing Transitions, Adding Sound, Title Animation, Using Spell Check. Changing Chart Types, Editing a Chart, Changing the Background, Setting up Slide Shows, Rehearsal Timings, and Speaker Notes.

5.

Module #:

GEN - 105

Module Name:

FrontPage 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

A WYSIWYG Web Editor, The FrontPage Work Environment, Using the Views, The Reports, Navigation & Tasks Views, Workspace Tabs and Status Bar, Applying a Theme to a Web Site, Changing Theme Attributes. Using the Web Wizard, The Secure Socket Layer Option, Selecting Web Pages, Setting Up Product Pages, The Under Construction Option, Entering Company Information, Viewing & Sorting Tasks, Editing Tasks. Editing Standard Components, Image Types, Adding Images to a Web Page, Referring to Graphics, Adjusting Image Properties, Adding FrontPage Clip Art, The Search for Clips List Box, Using Clip Art Properties, Importing Clip Art. Editing Text, Changing Text Attributes, Text Formatting, Creating Custom Colors, Hue Saturation and Luminosity, Using the Alignment Tools, Using the Font Dialog Box. Creating a New Page, Adding a Bulleted List, Changing Bullet Appearance, Organizing in the Navigation View, Adding Pages in the Navigation View, Removing Pages, Printing the Navigation Structure.

6.

Module #:

GEN - 106

Module Name:

Outlook 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

An Overview of Outlook 2000, Overview of Outlook Today. Create and Send Messages, Acting on Messages, Working with Address Books, Recalling and Printing. Handling Message Options, Inserting Text into a Message, Creating Signatures. Creating and Using Personal Folders, sing the Organize Page. Scheduling Appointments, Assigning Categories, Editing Appointments, Inserting Events. Creating and Sending Meeting Requests, Working with Meeting Requests, Managing Meeting Responses. Managing Tasks, Adding and Editing Contacts

7.

Module #:

GEN - 107

Module Name:

Key Boarding / Operating System

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

An orientation to personal computers; the system unit; connecting the components; Starting the computer; An introduction to the operating system; File-management concepts; Using application software; Using Multiple Programs, Keyboard Shortcuts; File Extensions; Naming a File; Save As Types; QWERTY Layout; Hand Positioning; Posturing; Using the Enter Key; Using Spacebar; Using Backspace and Delete; Elementary Typing Skills, The Number Pad; CAPS LOCK and Shift Keys; The Tab Key; The Number Line; Form Complex Word Strings; Using the Shift Key for Alternate Characters; Math Skills.

8.

Module #:

GEN - 108

Module Name:

Project 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

fundamentals of Project Management; Defining the Scope of the Project; Defining customer/client requirements; Developing a Work Breakdown Structure; Developing the Project Schedule; Prepare a precedence diagram; Assigning Project Resources; Saving the Project Baseline; Controlling Project Execution; Starting a Project; Examining Microsoft Project 2000; Starting Microsoft Project 2000; Examining the major elements of the Microsoft Project window; Open a project file and display and hide toolbars; An Overview of the Planning Process; Examining the planning process; Defining Project Information; Defining basic project information; Entering task information; Assigning task durations; Examining the Planning Wizard; Saving the project file; Organizing the Task List into an Outline; Creating subtasks; Adding milestones; Creating the Project Summary Task; Collapsing and expanding the outline; Linking Tasks and Observing the Critical Path; Linking tasks; Changing the Gantt Chart view timescale; Using the Gantt Chart Wizard to view the critical path; Modifying Task Relationships; Changing task predecessors; Linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship; Adding lead time; Constraints; Scheduling the project from the end date; An alternative method for scheduling from the end date; Applying the Start No Earlier Than constraint.